TABLE-Kazakh H1 trade surplus grows to $28.3 bln

Reuters Staff

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SINGAPORE, Aug 15 (Reuters) - ALMATY, Aug 15 (Reuters) -
Kazakhstan's foreign trade
surplus grew to $28.3 billion in the first six months of 2011
from $16.6 billion in the same period of last year, the State
Statistics Agency said on Monday.

Exports, predominantly oil and metals, rose by 51.8 percent
year-on-year to $44.9 billion in January-June 2011. Imports rose
by 28.4 percent to $16.6 billion in the same comparison.

Italy was Kazakhstan's largest export market in the period,
contributing a 16.1 percent share of export revenues. China was
second, with 15.5 percent, and Russia third with 9.1 percent.

Russia also accounted for 42.9 percent of all imports,
followed by China with 12.1 percent and Ukraine with 5.1
percent.